SPACE VEHICLE ATTITUDE STUDIES.

Abstract

The development of new instrumentation and associated data reduction programs for measuring the orientation attitude of spin-stabilized sounding rockets or satellites has provided a simple low-cost system that is accurate to within 2 deg. The instrumentation has been successfully flown in one satellite and in more than 20 sounding rockets. This paper describes the system performance obtained on two of the sounding rocket flights. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0683860

Entities

People

  • Charles D. Howard
  • Daphne J. Innes
  • Dolan Mansir

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Data Reduction
  • Instrumentation
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Rockets
  • Sounding Rockets
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Components
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites